One year ago, on 7th October 2013 to be precise the last tram rode over the old bridge over the Vltava. In the end, the structure, which was built in the 1970’s as a temporary solution, stayed a part of the capital city for a long thirty years. For passengers of the public transport, the bridge made the journey from Holešovice to Kobylisy shorter. Today, the Troja Bridge is located close to the original place.
Rámusák (The Noisy One) was unique as the single tram only bridge in Prague. It was forbidden for pedestrians to walk over the bridge, but not everyone respected it. It was built hastily as a part of a tram route – yet the bridge which opened on the anniversary of The Prague Uprising on 5th May 1977 only stayed in its original form for three and a half years. It was made of wood and when a tram was passing over the river, the wooden planks under the tracks made a lot of noise. In 1980, the bridge was replaced with a structure made of Army bridge elements. That bridge started its operation in 1981. Despite the fact that it did not make noise, the nickname stayed.
Since May 2010 only one half of the bridge had been used, due to the works on the Blanka Tunnel. This meant that trams had to give way to one another. The operation on the bridge definitely ended one year ago. The bridge itself had stayed in place for a few more months before it was dismantled last spring.